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Bill Clinton: Obama will rebuild the American Dream
28/08/2008
Bill Clinton has joined his wife Hillary in resolutely backing Barack Obama to be the next president of the United States.
The former president addressed delegates at the Democrat convention last night as Mr Obama was officially confirmed as the party's candidate for the White House.
On Tuesday Mrs Clinton, who had run against Mr Obama in an historic Democratic nominee battleground, urged her supporters to back the Illinois senator against Republican candidate John McCain.
"Hillary told us in no uncertain terms that she'll do everything she can to elect Barack Obama," Mr Clinton told the convention in Denver, Colorado, last night.
"Actually that makes 18 million of us because, like Hillary, I want all of you who supported her to vote for Barack Obama in November.
"Clearly, the job of the next president is to rebuild the American Dream and restore America's standing in the world.
"Everything I learned in my eight years as president and in the work I've done since, in America and across the globe, has convinced me that Barack Obama is the man for this job."
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